On March 26, OneRepublic stated that its Twitter account had been hacked:

https://twitter.com/#!/OneRepublic/status/184315642256691201

So some have speculated that the hacker posted the Arrest Zimmerman tweet.

However, if that is the case, it seems odd that OneRepublic would wait two days to remove the tweet.

If we solve the mystery, we’ll let you know.

Update: the Arrest Zimmerman tweet appeared on March 26 at 4:43 pm UTC. The “we were hacked” tweet appeared 16 minutes earlier — at 4:27 pm UTC. If OneRepublic secured its account upon learning that it was hacked, the hacker could not have been responsible for the Arrest Zimmerman tweet.

Hey guys: It’s too late to apologize.

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/185174616828952577

Note: this post was originally posted at 8:58 am ET. We updated the timestamp after revising the post substantially in light of new developments.